City Manager Lorie Tinfow said this week she has made a conditional offer to hire someone for the city’s new assistant city manager position.

The offer is conditional pending a routine background check, which is going on now. Tinfow said she hopes the new assistant city manager will begin work in Pacifica September 2.

City’s financial review

A certified public accountant began work reviewing the city’s finances. At the direction of the city manager, the CPA is taking a fresh look at the city’s books to see how past financial problems began and how to correct them. Tinfow said she expects the work will be finished by September to be presented to City Council in October.

Otto Warmbier was arrested in January 2016 at the end of a brief tourist visit to North Korea. He had been medically evacuated and was being treated at the University of Cincinnati Medical Center when he died at age 22.